Hickory Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Markerman62
N 29° 59.072 W 081° 42.084
17R E 432340 N 3317278
Located along the north side of FL 16 just west of Sunset Ave.
Waymark Code: WMTEZ7
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
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Hickory Grove Baptist Church was organized in 1863, and the church’s congregation first worshiped here in one of the earliest buildings constructed in Clay County. The church was named for a grove of hickory trees that grew here. The original sanctuary was constructed of old growth yellow pine logs that were hewn by the volunteer labor of a detachment of Confederate soldiers stationed in Green Cove Springs. When the log building became unsafe for use, the congregation relocated to a nearby school house on Highland Street, where it remained until a sanctuary was rebuilt in 1913 on the location of the original church. When Highway 16 was rerouted, the church sold the 1913 building to the Florida Highway Department and purchased property on nearby South Oakridge Avenue for construction of a masonry block sanctuary. It was completed in 1955. The church’s cemetery is one of the oldest in Clay County and includes more than 300 graves, the oldest of which dates to 1849. The cemetery’s distinctive architectural features include obelisk markers and family plots surrounded by wrought iron fences.
Marker Number: F-783

Date: 2013

County: Clay

Marker Type: Roadside

Sponsored or placed by: The Hickory Grove Baptist Church and the Florida Department of State

Website: Not listed

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